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Review Paper: Burn Coverage Technologies: Current Concepts and Future Directions

Clifford Pereira

Department of Surgery, Harbor UCLA Medical Center 1000 W Carson Street, Torrance, Los Angeles, California, USA 90502, cpereira72{at}yahoo.com

Warren Gold

Department of Surgery, Shriners Hospital for Children 815 Market Street, Galveston, Texas, USA 77550

David Herndon

Department of Surgery, Shriners Hospital for Children 815 Market Street, Galveston, Texas, USA 77550

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Journal of Biomaterials Applications, Vol. 22, No. 2, 101-121 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0885328207081690
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